Management of entertainment content distributed across smart wireless access points of in-flight entertainment system

摘要

Some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to an entertainment system that includes a plurality of wireless access points. Each wireless access point includes a mass memory, at least one radio transceiver, and at least one processor. The at least one radio transceiver is configured to communicate with seat display devices. The at least one processor is configured to receive entertainment content comprising a plurality of content items, and store the entertainment content in the mass memory. The at least one processor selects a subset of content items from among the content items of the entertainment content stored in the mass memory, based on a defined rule, and downloads the subset of content items from the mass memory to a plurality of the seat display devices through the at least one radio transceiver for local storage within mass memory of the seat display devices.

主权项

1. An entertainment system comprising:
a wireless access point comprising: a mass memory; at least one radio transceiver configured to communicate with seat display devices; and at least one processor configured to: receive entertainment content comprising a plurality of content items; store the entertainment content in the mass memory; select a subset of content items from among the content items of the entertainment content stored in the mass memory, based on a defined rule; and download the subset of content items from the mass memory to a plurality of the seat display devices through the at least one radio transceiver for local storage within mass memory of the seat display devices; wherein: the entertainment system comprises a plurality of the wireless access points communicatively connected to each other through a network; the at least one processor of a first one of the wireless access points is configured to: obtain a first list of the content items stored in the mass memory of the first wireless access point; obtain a second list of content items stored in the mass memory of a second one of the wireless access points; select the subset of content items from among the first and second lists based on the defined rule; and based on a first portion of the subset of content items not being present in the first list but present in the second list, obtain the first portion of the subset of content items from the mass memory of the second wireless access point through the network for download to the plurality of the seat display devices through the at least one radio transceiver of the first wireless access point for local storage within the mass memory of the seat display devices.